Tachyons and the instability of physical systems

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A.Yu. Andreev, D.A. Kirzhnits
Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

Not quite simple and rather obscure relations between the concepts of ’instability’ and ’tachyons’ are discussed.

PACS: 11.90.+t
DOI: 10.1070/PU1996v039n10ABEH000176
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1996/10/g/
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Citation: Andreev A Yu, Kirzhnits D A "Tachyons and the instability of physical systems" Phys. Usp. 39 1071–1076 (1996)

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